Selby Watercolour Society Demonstration 6th April 2009

Many thanks to everything for the warm welcome Liz & I received last night, as always, it was lovely to see you all again. It doesn't seem like a year ago, does it?



As promised, this is the painting as it was at the end of the demonstration

I completed the painting with the following steps:

• Further minor details were added to the background fishing huts & boats.


• The light area of water was developed by further pale washes of Cobalt Violet & Raw Sienna. A little white Gouache was used to add sparkle.


• The red Buoys were accentuated.


• The mooring posts were modified by lifting out some of the pigment against the sky.


• The reflections were completed by reinforcing the shapes, using Ultramarine Blue & Light Red. The light water between the reflections of the mooring posts was developed using white Gouache & Raw Sienna.


• Final details, such as the step ladder, various masts, mooring ropes etc., were added.

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We're both looking forward to visiting you again in 2010?!

New Step-by-Step Demonstration

"Quiet Moorings" Workum / Holland

I have added a Step-by-Step demonstration of the above Oil painting to my website.

The source material for this painting came from a painting trip to Holland, with members of the Royal Society of Marine Artists last year. We spent four wonderful days sailing around the Iselmeer in a Dutch Barge.

To view the demonstration, please follow this link.